PORT JERVIS - One person died after a two-alarm fire swept through a home at 8 Mountain Avenue. late Tuesday morning.

Fire officials confirmed that one person inside the home died and another victim was taken to Bon Secours Hospital with burns. Witnesses told police that one man was outside the home with burns on his upper body shortly after the blaze was reported at 11 a.m.

Police are waiting for a search warrant to enter the home and treating it as a potential crime scene. It's not clear how the fire started.